Justine Larbalestier

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Deadlines are bad

Deadlines are bad for you skin, your social life, and they drive away everything but that What Must Be Finished By A Certain Dread Date.

Exhibit A:


All she can see is the horror.

Exhibit B:


Her laptop is now bigger than she is. It threatens to eat her.

Posted by Justine at 0:03, 4 December 2007 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Whingeing, Writing goals & milestones | 24 Comments »

Comments

  1. Laini Taylor Says:

    Amen. I’m so tired. . .

    December 4th, 2007 at 12:57 AM

  2. Simon Sherlock Says:

    My wife has that nighty! You *must* be cold to be wearing something that fleecy :)

    December 4th, 2007 at 1:00 AM

  3. 3. Justine Says:

    simon: Is not nighty! Is pjs. Real writers only wear pyjamas!

    December 4th, 2007 at 8:24 AM

  4. Simon Sherlock Says:

    Same design though, probably just as fleecy and probably a lot less draughty …

    December 4th, 2007 at 9:05 AM

  5. veejane Says:

    I’m just impressed with that stack of books in picture #2. Anti-gravity FTW!

    December 4th, 2007 at 9:19 AM

  6. Patrick, The Space Lord Says:

    she’s holding them there with her mind. All writers do it. The books follow her around dilligently waiting for more words.

    December 4th, 2007 at 9:31 AM

  7. Tim Says:

    love the jammies! hang in there, fellow deadline-facer!

    December 4th, 2007 at 9:34 AM

  8. jo whittemore Says:

    Okay, see, this is when you eschew the sleepy sheep pajamas for ones that are peppy and inspire insomnia. Like pajames decorated with cups of coffee…or teaspoons of crack.

    December 4th, 2007 at 10:00 AM

  9. sara z. Says:

    I like that bookshelf behind you, the single tower thingie. where’d you get it?

    December 4th, 2007 at 10:23 AM

  10. Kenina-chan Says:

    Wow! I know this family that has the same bookshelf! They fit the books so exact that you can’t see the metal part. (By accident of course) And then it looked like one entire tower of books that disregarded physics!

    I recommend eating chocolate covered coffee beans.

    December 4th, 2007 at 10:53 AM

  11. hillary! Says:

    Hank Green has floating books on his walls. I reccomend a Juice It Up. It’s natural and yummy. Mango!

    December 4th, 2007 at 5:35 PM

  12. kim Says:

    who stacks books like that? :)

    December 4th, 2007 at 6:15 PM

  13. Corey Says:

    I’m curious…how close is said dread date? Are we going to be treated with more time lapse images to see the spiraling descent into madness the nearer it gets?

    December 4th, 2007 at 8:02 PM

  14. lotltotl Says:

    hee! I just found your blog, I’ll definitely stop back. Ha, I recognize the “thousand yard stare” in that first photo!

    I was actually going to comment on “novels I despise” but no more comments are allowed! Sad. that is too fun.

    good luck with your deadline!

    December 4th, 2007 at 9:30 PM

  15. Rebecca Says:

    we are your personal cheering squad. go justine, yeahhhhhh!! down with deadlines!! :D

    December 5th, 2007 at 2:11 AM

  16. Iron Pugilist Says:

    I could have sworn you were one of the unfortunate viewers of the dreaded 2girls1cup video.

    December 5th, 2007 at 5:58 AM

  17. hipwritermama Says:

    you’re at the finish line. you can do this. think shoes. think chocolate. think great book party.

    December 5th, 2007 at 11:53 AM

  18. Katie Says:

    love the pjs. :) how’d you manage to make those books stack like that?

    December 5th, 2007 at 5:33 PM

  19. Katerate Says:

    Deadlines are horrible. High five for meeting them, though.

    December 5th, 2007 at 5:59 PM

  20. Patrick, The Space Lord Says:

    i hates deadlines when deadlines make blogger no blog :|

    December 7th, 2007 at 8:05 AM

  21. Jelly-wa Says:

    Me too Patrick!

    December 7th, 2007 at 3:17 PM

  22. Potato Says:

    I’m back!
    nice P.J’s in that picture Justine very stylish

    December 9th, 2007 at 7:07 PM

  23. Peter D. Tillman Says:

    J., you look good, even staring at the screen (& deadline). Definition of a really good-looking woman. Scott is fortunate.

    Cheers — Pete Tillman
    –
    “Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long time.”
    (Christine, age 9)

    December 20th, 2007 at 12:01 PM

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